Dear sifus,

My hp has been facing a big problem recently. It got frozen screen sometimes and the only way to solve it is to remove the battery and reboot. At first i thought i have too much stuff in it then i deleted some photos, sms, etc.

Until this 2 days it got worse and got frozen very frequent. So I checked here and found out it should be the sds problem. Is the problem fixed if i update my S3 firmware to the latest firmware?

And i found out that I haven't updated my firmware since very long time ago as i didn't tick the auto update. So to update to the latest version I will need to update many times from 1st update to the 2nd update to the 3rd update until the latest one?

I just did an update and it's currently 4.1.1, I9300XXELJ2

And today it gone dead in almost every few minutes.

Please help!!!

use AP phone or SME phone?

SME

I am sure your phone is not SME cause Malaysia version is as below,

Model: GT-I9300
Country: Malaysia
Version: Android 4.1.1
Product Code: XME
PDA: I9300XXDLJ1
CSC: I9300OLBDLJ1
MODEM: I9300DXDLI5

Secondly FW 4.1.1 and below already known to SDS but for if your phone is still running potentially is not SDS. There are few suggestion but on your own risk [COLOR=red][B]and i assume you are still stock but rooted or not no long a matter. Try below but before take try to backup if you can as least your contact cause whatever step below for sure will make your phone back to basic.

1. Go to recovery mode, wipe cache and factory reset.
2. Download ROM and use ODIN to flash the phone again with the same version of ROM
3. Do not restore anything from backup. Straight go to kies for FW upgrade.
4. Go to recovery mode, wipe cache and factory reset again.
5. Restore from backup.
6. Done...

My phone is officially DIED. Saw it restarted a few times during the day time but never do anything about it. Put into pocket and take it out, no response anymore. SDS !!!

Worst thing is my phone is about 1year and 2 months.. no more warranty and have to send it to service center and pay myself. damn sad..

Samsung

3 combo key also no respond? You tried to change battery with friend to confirm?

yeah. i oso updated to the latest but stil not working
cant use 4.3 yet like this.

try update your phone using kies for pc. the latest firmware might solve your problem. here to check the latest version. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?mode...de=XME#firmware

-sorry, double post.

This post has been edited by aizamev: Aug 13 2013, 02:44 PM

bro.. i have checked the FW version number given and confirmed is not Malaysia ROM unless he/she flashed other country ROM.

just realize your previous post. that's true.

We have to very sure when advising other bro... i will fell bad if wrongly advise even i always put "on own risk"...

wow the greenify app is awesome.

my phone has been running for 8 hours 46 minutes since unplugged
screen on time 1 hour 25 mins
all the time mobile data on, only use 2g connection,
sync off, lots of whatsapp

now still got 73%

wow.. what rom are you using?

nice app right

slimbean, but i dont think its the rom that helps.
i dont feel slimbean any battery saving compared to rootbox,aokp or cm.

but after install greenify, realize that alot of apps have services running in the background.
i have greenify facebook, google currents, air droid, maps, amazon app store, chrome, boat browser, feedly, youtube, shazam, youtube.

all the above have push notifications, hibernating them really save alot of juice.
facebook takes 2 seconds longer to launch after greenify, but other apps launch just equally fast.

Problem solved!
It turns out that I was having a messed up internal storage.
Upgrade from 4.1.x to 4.2.2, the file system got changed from /data/media to /data/media/0

I was using old version of cwm (v5.5.x), which doesn't compatible with android 4.2.2
Hence everytime I flash a 4.2.2 ROM, my internal storage get mess up and mess up again.
I use "DiskUsage" then only realized that i have tons of duplicate "obb"...."android" folders

Reference: 4.2.2 File System Structure

So I upgrade my cwm, format my /sdcard and re-flash the ROM, problem finally solved.
To my surprise, now my Gallery load normally, hahaha

This post has been edited by CreamMilk: Aug 13 2013, 05:28 PM

OMG!!!!! I never ever in my dream my S3 running so fast... i am on stock unrooted ad the result is after update to XXEMF6...




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My dad just bought an s3 a while ago,how to know the phone is SME or not? How to register the warranty for the phone, i cant find any link to register warranty in samsung website... and about the warranty it will start from date of purchase right???

My dad just bought an s3 a while ago,how to know the phone is SME or not? How to register the warranty for the phone, i cant find any link to register warranty in samsung website... and about the warranty it will start from date of purchase right???